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IVtm&tttftitunntvPRICE TWO CENTSMT. VERNON, 0., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911 No. 99ESTABLISHED 1836Mwlj1)HUNDRED DEADIN MINE BLASTBriceville, Tenn., Is The Scene OfLatest CatastropheExperts At Work Id Shaft Coffins Arrive On SpecialTrains And Are Stacked At Month Of Pit AwaitingMangled Remains Of Men Entombed Several MilesFrom Opening-Bare Hope Expressed That Five OrSix Are Yet AliveRescue Work Hamperedurlceville, Tenn., Dec. 11. It Isnow believed that between 80 and100 men aro entombed in tho Knoxville company's Iron Cross mountainmine as the result of an explosion.Work of recovering tho bodies Jsproceeding slowly, partly becausemost of the entombed men arebelieved to bo two miles fromthe opening and because of deadlyblackdamp. The latter caused allwork to bo suspended for severalhours. The rescue parties aro composed of seasoned miners and lessseasoned and more timid governmentexperts fitted out with helmets andoxygen tanks.The rescuers are conildent thatnone of the entombed men will befound alive, but President Stephenson of the mine company expressedthe opinion that in one of the uttermost chambers, near the opening ofthe Thistle mine, five or six of theold miners will be found alive.Electrical devices for moving carsin the workings were shattered bytho explosion, and debris clearedaway in the tunnels is being hauledby mule cars to the surface. Mineexperts said It would bo days beforeeach lateral had been penetrated,and that stating when all bodieswould be found was but guesswork.It is In tho laterals that the mostbodies are expected to bo found.Thoucanda Visited Scene.At least 10,000 persons visited thishamlet and willing workers weremany. George P. Chanler, presidentof the Tennessee Coal company, is incharge of the relief work. He divided the men Into gangs of CO andsent each shift into tho working fortwo hours. Even when tho air inthe mine was at lta best thoy couldnot work longer In there.The throng of visitors is largelyresponsible for the exhaustion orfood supplies in Briceville. All storesare bare of eatables and many wenthungry. However, hunger will notbe long an added horror to relativesof the victims, as Knoxville andother cities are rushing food supplies. Straining on the ropes that keepthe throng back from the mine opening are the relatives of victims, anxiously awaiting gome word of l'fewithin the yawning mouth of thodeath trap. The situation becomesmore tense as each car of debris la.brought to the surface, for, its drivermignt oring some word, or with thedebris might be the body" of somoloved one.The shrill whistle of the specialtrain bringing cofllns brought another horror to the already dazedinhabitants of the little town. Thespecial brought 100 boxes and theywere piled near the mouth of tho.mine.A terrible pall of silent sorrow exists about the mouth of the mine asthousands congregate, some standingfor hours and others moving momentarily from one point of vantage toanother.Officials Ve Reticent.No official or semi-oinclal opinionhas been given out as to the causeof the disaster. President T. I. Stephenson had nothing to say In anBwer to this inquiry. It is generallybelieved, however, that the disasterwas duo to a dust explosion.Mine officials also continue to decline to give out any positive information as to the number of men whowent to work in the mine, but it isthought that tlie. number was between 100 nnd 200.DROPS CANALSCANDALColumbus, O., Dec. 11. AttorneyGeneral Hogan has announced thatafter reviewing tho testimony collected by Former Attorney GeneralTJ. G. Denman and Attorney H. J.Booth in connection with tho graftcharges preferred by James It. Marker, former chief engineer to thostato botfnl of public works, ho liasdecided Unit tho evidence does notwarrant legal proceedings agoinBtthe accused parties.PROTESTURY'S PARDONColumbus, O., Dec. 11. FormerShorlff Cllffe of Wyandot county,who was instrumental in convictingGeorge Ury and tho other suspectsin tho Johnson murder in 1901, hasdemanded to be heard by GovernorHarmon before a pardon is Issued toUry. He denies most strenuouslythat tho charges Imputed to him urotrue. Cllfl'o and Former ProsecutorMeek will bo given a hearing befotethe pardon board at its noxt fcsslon.BRIDE DASHER SAYBRIDE DIESRDPnnton. O.. Ddc. 11.- Discreditingthe story of her husband of a week, iCharles Gllbort Mlllor, that ho mar-rletl her while In a trance, and asserting that ho novcr appearod insano whllo In hor company, LenaWinters Miller gavo out a statomontupon learning that ho had voluntarily committed himself to tho MasallIon state hospital.IN III imDenvor, Dec. 11. After a battle of eight days with a blizzard between Utah and Colorado, frozonandInsano from fright at tho storm's terrors, Mrs. John L. Haddon, a bridoof thrco weeks, is dead. She died a3n train from mile, Colo., carrying hordrew Into Denver. Tho bridegroomhae nearly lost bis reason. Haddonis an attorney of G&rabrldgo, Mass,Maharajah of Balrampore, OneOf King George's Indian VassalsIi- ml Hie native potentates-ulzauih, begums, rajahs, juabarajahs. imwabsstbnkiirs uro In attendance upon their emperor at the f)alhi durbar andIf nil of them wear the Jewels nnd other trappings appertaining to theirrank and receive the artillery oulutes which are theirs by right the eyesnnd oars of themselves and those who gather to enjoy tLelr magnificence willbe dazzled and di'afened as never before. There ure eighty-two chiefs,bedizened like the niaharujah of our illustration, who on ceremonial occasions'aro entitled to hear from eleven to twenty-one guus boom In their honor.These feudatories of King George bear sway over about twoilfths of the area,but only one-fifth of the population of India. Thoy have no power to muknwar or to send ambassadors to one another or to foreign states, but with alltheir practical subjection to the British government they enjoy omo of them-vast revenues and maintain a state which made it necenbary for the king tocarry the British crown Jewels with him if be would not be oaubjne by bisvuBsals, many of whom nre the possessors of gems which are the envy of theroyal collectors of Knrope.CHARGESDROPPEDWashington, Dec. 11. A formaireport to the house from the committee on expenditures in the interiordepartment dismisses from congressional consideration the Controllerbay charges, the keystone of whichwas die widely-quoted "DIck-to-Dlck"letter and the accusation that Richard S. Ryan was acquiring a monopoly of valuable Alsaka harbor rights.MANY IDLECHURCHE!Columbus, O., Dec. 11. Statisticsshow that there aro over 300 deserted and unused churches In the state.Fifty-five townships report no churchmembers under 21 years of ago and1"0 townships report no membersander 16 years of age, according toa statement Issued to Ohio ministersby A. P. Sandles, secretary of theOhio Stato board of agriculture.SUSPENDSAN ORDERWashington, Doc. 11. PostmaatorGeneral Hitchcock suspended untilJan. 1 tho postal regulation forbidding the transmission through themails of matter bearing upon the address side Rod Cross Christmasseals or other charity stamps.BOY KILLEDBY CARSColumbus, O., Doc. 11. Knockedfrom tho top of a boxcar when theHocking Valley train on which howas riding passed under tho GreenLawn avenue bridgo, Charles Spohn,14, Buffered injuries from which hedied.ROCKEFELLERDECLINESNow York, Dec. 11. John D. Rockefeller and Uov. Frederick T, GatoBformal'y declinod the invltntlon ofChairman Stanley of tho congressional Investigating committee, toapi.ear. before tho conmittee If t'.:o,venred to make n statomont concerning tho testUrony recently given byLconidas and Alfred Mnrrntt,FATAL SLEEPLKINWACsnton, O., Dec. 11. Whilo walking In his 'sloop Charles Lo'dy, 30,plunged from a throe-story windowto Instant death In tho presence ofscores of people. Tho body nearlylilt a woman walking below. , Shediopp'jd a package which sho wascarrying and stood as if frozen fromflight.TAKE UP ABODEAT SAN QDENTINMcNamara Brothers Put toWork in JuteABE NEIGHBORS TO ABE ROEFDynamiters Smuggled Out of LosAngeles and Leave Train at Station 50 Miles From Rocky Promontory Where James B. Will SpendRemainder of Days and John J.Next Fifteen Years Life TermerIn Dejected Mood,San Francisco, Doc. 11. The finalturtaln was rung down in the LosAngeles dynamiting tragedy as faras James B. and John J. McNamaraare concerned when they were safelylodged behind the sombre walls ofSan Quentln prison.The transfer from Los Angeles iwas made under heavy guard, thetwo noted prisoners being bandcuffed the entire distance They occupied h stateroom on a Pullman withan ofilcer in attendance all the time,and even when they retired for thonight they were in Irons.At Port Costa, 50 miles from here,Sheriff Hamlll's deputies removed theprisoners from the train before mostof the passengers had awakened. Inthe chili of the early morning theofficers) and prisoners and a littleband of newspaper men who accompanied the party from Los Angelesstepped from the Pullman and waited on the dock ior half an hour.Then all boarded tho little steamerCaroline, which had been ordered bywire to take the ofllcers and prisoners to San Quentln.Brings Tears to Eyes.As the boat drew near tho prisonthe sheriff pointed out the place totho McNamaras where they willspend many years. As his eyesswept over tho long stretch of grimwalls James B. McNamara almostsobbc.1 and his eyes filled out, buthis brother showed no Bign of emotion. Rather, he looked with interest at his future home and made nocomment.At a little wharf near the prisonthe boat landed and the prisonerswere soon In the prison office. Afterthe usual preliminaries, measurement, bath and shaving, the mendonned the prison garb and were assigned to their cell. The men willoccupy the same cell, No, 18. Theywill have distinguished company.Ruef and Former Assessor Daltonaro on the same tier, only a fewdoors away.Both prisoners were put to workin the Jute mill today. Thte is thousual course for all prisoners, butafter a time they will be given otherwork.oi the authorities. After several days'work -Morgan became convinced thata man named Harry Underwood hadplaced the explosive in tho buildingnd that it was done because nonunion Iron workers were being employed. It developed that shortlybefore the explosion, not more thantwo days, H. S. Hockin, a member ofthe executive board of the ironworkers, was at French Lick, and declared that If the labor was notchanged there would be trouble.Morgan placed Underwood under arrest and the prisoner made a confession, which he signed and qwore to.Morgan has the confession now, butall efforts to find Underwood haveproved futile, and it Is believed thathe has fled the country.Bryan on Isthmus.Panama, Dec. 11. William Jennings Bryan arrived here from Jamaica. He will deliver a series of lectures along the isthmus.VOTE WARREN DRY IIN SPITE OF RAINMajority is Eight Less ThanThree Years Ago.Lebanon, O., Dec. 11. Warreniiounty decided to stay in tho drytolumn with her sister county, Meigs,'by a majority of 122 votes. Thecounty went dry three years ago bya majority of 130 votes, and thodrys hoped to carry it this time bya larger vote. Tho campaign wanconducted at great expenso by bothsides. It was tho moat bitter eveifought In Warren.Prominent speakers appeared every)night, Wayne B. Wheeler being thoprincipal speaker for the" drys andC. Homer Durand enacting the samorole for the wets. During tho closingdays of tho campaign the fight wagedhottest, ayd tho evening that Durandspoke here tho drys obtained a brassband, which led a procession throughtho streets to another hall, where afree illustrated lecture and movingpicture show had been secretly ar.ranged. Rain began falling early lathe morning, but the farmers flockedto the polls by tho hundreds, almostthe full vote hplng tallied.WATCH DAYBING DAYPIN DAYatYOUNG'SSee large Ad.m-Clough Has The lOnlyS2&tiWi'ii.Genuine Jewelry SaleBecause he has the reason why GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. Itis only logical that to go out of business he must sell all the goods sell it at unprecedented sacrifices.This is what we are doing. Everything included in our mammoth$15,000 stock sold at less than wholesale prices. You can select your Chrismaspresents from the best jewelry stock in Mt. 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